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Long queues as South Africa votes with ANC rule in balance 30 May 2024 - 12:12 am

Johannesburg: South Africans queued late into the night to vote on Wednesday, forcing polling stations to remain open beyond closing time in a...

Palestinian president, French counterpart discuss latest developments in Gaza 29 May 2024 - 11:37 pm

Ramallah: President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, discussed, during a phone call on Wednesday, with French President Emmanuel Macron, the latest...

Turkish president criticizes international community's silence on Gaza 29 May 2024 - 10:13 pm

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized the silence of the international community regarding what was happening in the Gaza Strip, pointing...

Singapore Airlines jet endured huge swings in gravitational force during turbulence: report 29 May 2024 - 09:43 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: The Singapore Airlines jetliner that hit severe turbulence last week went through huge swings in gravitational force in less than five...

Brazil withdraws its ambassador to Israel 29 May 2024 - 08:29 pm

Brasilia: Brazil announced that it was withdrawing its ambassador from the occupying state and would not appoint a replacement for him at the...

North Korea launches waste-filled balloons to taunt the South 29 May 2024 - 08:15 pm

Seoul: North Korea floated about 260 balloons laden with trash and other waste over the border toward South Korea, Seoul’s military said on...

New volcanic eruption on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula: weather office 29 May 2024 - 05:55 pm

Reykjavik: A new volcanic eruption began on Wednesday on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland, the country's meteorological office said, shortly after authorities...

Panda diplomacy is back: China sending two bears to Washington 29 May 2024 - 05:46 pm

Washington: Beijing will return giant pandas to Washington's National Zoo by the end of the year, US First Lady Jill Biden and officials...

Junior doctors in England to strike days before election 29 May 2024 - 04:01 pm

London: Junior doctors in England will strike just days before the general election, their union announced Wednesday, as a protracted pay battle with...

Delhi temperature hits highest ever in India: weather bureau 29 May 2024 - 03:50 pm

New Delhi: Temperatures in India's capital soared to a national record-high of 52.3 degrees Celsius (126.1 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday, figures from the government's...

New mega-refinery helps Kuwait to record capacity: Minister 29 May 2024 - 03:36 pm

Kuwait City: Kuwait said Wednesday its refining capacity had reached a record 1.8 million barrels per day as it inaugurated one of the...

Pakistan bus crash kills at least 29 people: hospital 29 May 2024 - 03:09 pm

Quetta, Pakistan: At least 29 people were killed on Wednesday when a bus plunged off the road into a deep ravine in southwestern...

Turkey's Erdogan says 'spirit of United Nations dead in Gaza' 29 May 2024 - 12:52 pm

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday hit out at the United Nations after the latest deadly Israeli strikes in the southern...

WHO delivers aid to north of Gaza for 1st time in 2 weeks, says Tedros 29 May 2024 - 12:19 pm

Geneva: A World Health Organization mission reached the north ofGazafor the first time in more than two weeks, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus...

LIVE UPDATES: UN Security Council meets over deadly strike as Israel expands Gaza offensive 29 May 2024 - 12:18 pm

Doha, Qatar: Showing no signs of changing course, fresh strikes were reported in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Wednesday, May 29,...

World's first wooden satellite built by Japan researchers 29 May 2024 - 09:13 am

Tokyo: The world's first wooden satellite has been built by Japanese researchers who said their tiny cuboid craft will be blasted off on...

Blinken and Sudan army chief discuss need to end war 29 May 2024 - 12:18 am

Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed on Tuesday the need to end the war in Sudan with army chief Abdel Fattah...

World must not tire of Ukraine war, says Zelensky 28 May 2024 - 11:50 pm

Lisbon: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday urged the world to keep paying attention to Russia's invasion of his country, saying any signs...